Over the past 100 years, Vanderbilt Has grown from an exclusive private school for the children of the rich and powerful landowners of the American South to a prestigious institution of higher learning with deep pockets and abundant resources and a reputation for research.
According to US News & World Report 2015, Vanderbilt University ranked 15th in the overall college rankings in the Us.
Vanderbilt University, although each of its colleges is small but has a wide range of disciplines, arts and sciences enjoy a reputation for excellence.
College of liberal arts, engineering, humanities College, law School, medical School (Peabody College), music institute (Blair), School of management (Owen) and theological seminary (Divinity School subjects such as readily available, (2), School of medicine, School of humanities College (14th), School of law (15), College of nursing (14th) are located in the top 20, humanities College along with Stanford university and Harvard University ranks the second, School of engineering and School of management, also have good strength and good reputation.
Other majors that ranked no. 1 in the country included special education, audiology and educational administration.
In 2009, Fortune magazine named Vanderbilt University “the 100 Best Employers in the United States”
Vanderbilt University mainly consists of natural science Research Center, Free Electron Laser Center, art gallery, astronomical observatory, A and B Academic Research Institute, John F. Kennedy Human Development and Education Research Center, Vanderbilt Public Policy Institute, biological experiment station and other scientific research institutions.
The school of Arts and Sciences, The School of Engineering, the School of Law, the School of Medicine, the School of Education (Peabody College), the School of Music (Blair), the School of Management (Owen) and the School of Divinity.
The university has 100 disciplines and specialties in art, commerce, finance, accounting, industrial and commercial administration, electronic engineering, history, biochemistry, physiology, pathology, etc.
The most distinctive feature of a university is CPLE, which is the Course Program in LiberalEducation. Regardless of any major, students are required to study humanities, basic science, history and foreign languages, so as to conform to the purpose of CPLE, namely, LiberalEducation.